The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-02
BOARD OF HEALTH.
RULES
adopted by Board of Health,
1857.

RULE l. Excreta and garbaee. consisting {"
| animal matter shall not be buried within IN,
| limits of the city of Palatka, but must he re-
! moved heyOnd said limits
] Euse - The ON ncr or-OcCupant or a bniIdins
| or the owner of a vacant lot who shall receiy,
| notice from u sanitary Inspector To clear AM
water closet. or remove any offensive mattel
from such premises, and shall fail 10 comply
with such order within three days after receiv
| ing such notice shall be reported 10 this Boar
! for prosecution under the law
Rule ). Excavations for building or for lay
| ing drain or other pipes within the limits %
first day of Jane to the first day of NoveIn6el
| without permission of the Eoaret.
! Rule l. No garbage, Offal dead animals. ma
| terials manufactured whole or iii part 81
| wool. silk leather, India rubber, or othei
! substances which evolve offensive gases dur
| ing their decomposition, shall be Lett uncoy
| moved from kitchens, cellars or building uset
I for storage, and dIsinfeUtants applied iInuIe
| diatcly after such removal.
| Rule = Deposits of offensive matter, before
/ being disturbed for removal. must be GcojUr-
| Ized by application OF Dry earth, solution oi
| cOpperas. or other suitable Gbscrients,
! Rule d. Garbage acC uIlIIlating from al
sources,in any city or town, shall tie placed in 4
| receptacle ON the side al a street. ana sLal! Ia
! removed thrice in each week frCia the 1 ri
day of June to the first day OF November. buL
| once i'll each week during other times. >caN
engers must empty The NCssels and leave tn IA
for further Use.
| Rule :. Hog shall not be kept in pens with
/ in the limits of the city of EGiatka. nor shat
| they be Kept elsewhere within one hundrGt
| feet OF Sleeping apartment
| Rule o. Animals with infectious cGntagi-
GUS diseases shall rot he brought or kept .th
/ in the limits of amy city town, nor else
where without Permission OF this Board
huie y. Decayed or unwhOiesOme meat
Vegetables fruit or fish, OF impure or adulter-
ated milk or other articles shall not be sold OF
offered for sale fOod, under pain of proscct.-
ton by the President of the Beard.
Hule To- Slaughter houses or butcher pens
diaries cOw-pens for vending milk snail NOT
be established or operated within the limits ui
a city or town, nor elsewhere unless properly
licensed by this Board. Melting or rendering
for business of any description giving rise. OI
permitting the escape OF offensive or UNIV hole
or operated without permission, in writing
from the President Of this Bo,rl,
Rule IL Dead bodies posing through any
city or town requiring change from one case 81
coffin 10 another, must lie transferred at Il
Rule L. All domestic animals dying outside
of city or town shall be buried by the owner.
or " the person upon those premises such an;
inal5 ole, within ten hours after death, and
not less than four feet under the surface OF
the ground, nor less than one hundred yards
from any spring. branch, creek or well.
Rule 10 40 building shall he removed from
one place TO another within any city town
from the nrst day of June TO the first day of
November, except by permission and under
the direction of this Board, or its prODerly
authorized agents.
the judgment of this Board are injurious TO the
public health, shall not be stored within a
quarter OF a mile of any city or town, nor
within the same distance of the dwelling of
any citizen of this county.
p
mig there shall occur a case of cholera, yellow
fever, scarlet fever. Giphtheria, smallpox, or
other recognized INFECTIOUS disease. shall III
mediately notify this Board any of its au-
thOrlzed agents of the same, and until instrIc-
lions an received from the same source shall
not permit any clothing or other property thar
may have been exposed to infection 10 be re-
moved from such house. Nor shall any occu-
pant OF such dwelling reside elsewhere without
consent OF this Board
hdle ID. Every ply stefan who shall he called
TO attend any infectious disease Particularly
= 10 f-fsl.a hail
once report slch case TO this Board for instrtIc-
iions IN regard thereto And whenever there
sIClin so many cases of scarlet fever. measles.
typhoid FEVER, diphtheria. dyseutery. cerebro
will satisfy him thar epidemic thereof
exists or that there is local cause there
same 10 this Board with suggestions for their
action therein
Rule l.. No person or thing liable to propa-
gate a contagious or infectious disease shall be
brought into this county except by the consent
and under the direction of this Board. and
when II shall come TO the knowledge of any
citizen that such dangerous person or thing
has been so introduced into this county, such
cltzen having the knowledge thereof, shall
immediately give notice thereof 70 this Board.
with the location thereof. and all particulars
attending such introduction.
Rule Is No person having a contagious
infectious disease shall be removed from one
place to another within this county except by
permission. and under direction of this Beard
or It's properly appointed agents
Rule -. Persons with an infectious or conta-
g1Ous disease and all articles exposed TO infeC
ton therefro.n. shall be Immediately isolated.
and no other person than the Attending piysi-
cian- nurses and spiritual adviser shall be al
lowed access.
Rule - Convalescents from any infectious
or contagious disease and their attendants,
shall not be allowed to leave their premises
without permission of the Board of Health.
Rule Il Vessels. bedding and other articles
used by persons having a contagious or infec-
tious disease, shall berhoroughly treated with
approved disinfectanfs, under direction of
this Board or destroyed, As ordered by this
Board or its authorized agents
This is TO certify that the foregoing rules of
the Board of Health from one to rweLty-one
inclusive were adopted by said Board ii ses-
sion this 31st day of MAJ, 1857.
J. g. ANES, ". D.
my3l-10s Secretary and Treasurer